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I had returned from a long and tiring hunt, passed 

 \vithin a few yards of the house in which we were 

 quartered. I hurried out in my shppers and fired 

 at the last wolf as it crossed a low ridge. Thinking 

 that I had missed him, I returned to camp. That 

 night the five remaining wolves attacked a sheep- 

 fold further up the valley, killing eight sheep. 



My traps were fairly successful, some seven 

 species of rodents being secured. 



The heavy timber in this district consists chiefly 

 of spruce and larch, with a sprinkling of pines. 

 The forests are even more extensive than those 

 of the Chiao-ch'eng Shan further south, which were 

 explored on the Clark Expedition. Owing to 

 greater facilities in transporting the logs, this 

 district is being more rapidly deforested. 



Besides the conifers already mentioned, exten- 

 sive patches of scrub-oak, hazel and birch exist, 

 the last being a free peeling variety, from the bark 

 of which the natives manufacture household 

 utensils and mats. 



It being winter, we were unable to gather much 

 idea of the rest of the flora of this district, but on 

 a subsequent visit in the autumn of 1911 I was 

 able to observe much more in this line. I then 

 discovered many interesting wild berries, which 

 are dealt with in the botanical notes at the end 

 of this volume. 



The mountains here are very high and are 

 mainly of archaic formations. The highest peak, 



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